Head protector for sleeping berths



Sept. 7, 1926.

M. LEVI HEAD PROTECTOR FOR SLEEPING BERTHS Filed Jan. 1923 Qwuentoz Patented Sept; 7, 1926.

UNITED S'IZATES 1,599,279 PATENT OFFICE.

MAX LEVI, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOB F ONE-HALF TO ABRAHAM LEVI,

. OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

HEAD ZPROTECTOR FOR SLEEFING BEBTHS.

Application filed January 25, 1923. Serial No. 614,781.

This invention relates to a head protector for berths of sleeping-cars or ships, and has for its object to provide a portable and detachable device which may readily be set I up at one or both ends of a sleeping berth and held in such a position as to provide a yielding structure which, in case of a sudden shock that would cause a per-son lying in the berth to be thrown bodily forward, will act as a yielding buffer and prevent serious injury to the occupant of the berth.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple and compact device that may be detached and folded and readily tucked 1 away with bed-clothing and mattresses when used in the berths of sleeping-cars.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein,-

Fig. 1 show-s a portion of a sleeping berth in perspective with my improved device in place at one end thereof.

Fig. 2 illustrates a verticalcross-sectional detail through the protector,the section being taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 shows an enlarged sectional detail through one of the frame bars of the protector together with a fragment of the yielding netting as the same would appear if out on the line 33 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 illustrates an enlarged sectional plan through the device as the same would appear if viewed on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

In illustrating the invention no attempt has been made to accurately show any precise construction of mattress supporting-means because these features will vary according to' the character of the berth-that is, whether it be a sleeping-car berth or the berth in a stateroom of a ship.-

In the present instance however the numeral 5, designates a mattress resting upon a suitable support 6, with the bed-coverings 7 and pillow 8 in place for a better understanding of the invention. I

The partition wall which separates one compartment, section or stateroom from the next is indicated by the numeral 9. I

The improved protector device is designed to be set up at the end of the berth between .the pillow 8 and the partition-wall 9 and is spaced from said wall for reasonsthat.

will presently be more clearly understood. The protector, in this instance includes a rectangular, frame which is formed of two vertical end channel-bars 10 and upper and l lower horizontal angle bars 11 which connect the channel-bars.

The protector-frame is provided with means for detachably connecting it to the partltion-wall 9, and in the present instance thls connecting means consists of an upper heavy wire bail 12, and a lower bail 13.

Each bail has an out-turned bend 14 at its end which extends through perforations in the end channel bars, as clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing, whereby to pivotally connect the bails to said vertical channelbars and permit them to be swung vertically so as to be folded back against the inner side of the frame.

In addition to the wire bails 12 and 13, the protector-frame also, has, in the present lnstance, a brace rod 15, extending downwardly from the upper end of each channel bar and the lower end of each'of these brace-rods is provided with a fork 16 for a purpose that will presently be explained.

The bails 12 and 13 and the brace-rods 15 are all attached to the rear side or face of the protector-frame.

From the front side of each channel bar 10 and the vertical faces of the angle-bars 11, I punch a series of tangs 17 which are clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings. These tangs are provided all the way around the rectangular frame and their purpose is to serve as hooks over which a nett ng 18 may be caught whereby such netting may be stretched and held in a tautcondition and from a yielding bufl'er.

It is immaterial to the present invention as to the character of the netting 18 but the same may be formed of fibre threads and readil detached for renovating,

To etachably connect the protector-frame to the partition wall 9, I provide the-latter, in the present instance, with a plurality of hooks 19 and 20 over which the wire-bails 12 and 13 may be hooked as clearly shown in Fig. 1 and to then steady the frame the forked ends 16 of the brace-rods extend down over the hooks 20.

When the protector has thus been hung in place against the partition wall 9, the netting 18, will have position directly at the rear of the pillow 8,-the netting thus being sustained in a vertical position spaced from the partition wall so that the netting may yield inwardly without striking or coming in contact with the partition .wall 9.

It is believed to be obvious that when a rcction head-first, will cause the head of the person tostrike against the yielding netting which latter will act as a buffer and prevent the occupants head from striking the hard partition wall and thus avoid serious injury.

The protectors may obviously be detached with facility; the Wire-bails folded against the frame and the entire device may then be readily stowed away until again needed.

Having described my invention, I claim,

In a head protector for sleeping berths the combination with a division partition between adjacent berths, of horizontal supporting means to sustain a mattress, a rectangular frame having a netting attached thereto, upper and lower wire bails havin out-turned ends that are pivotally attached to the frame said bails being detachably connected to the partition and said frame and'netting being held in an upright position with the lower horizontal edge of the frame below the upper surface of a mattress on the horizontal supports.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

MAX LEVI. 

